Yves Saint Laurent Fall Winter 2012

This Yves Saint Laurent show confirms my confusion as to why Stefano Pilati has been replaced. Featuring incredibly slick yet elegant tailoring with strong shoulders and slim legs, and leather pieces that felt classic rather than biker, this collection was exactly what I imagine a successful YSL show to be. So I don’t understand why he has been asked to leave. I hope they (PPR) end up regretting this.

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You know, I think he’s been asked to leave because he’s doing too great for YSL. There may be some financial questions pending there, I suppose. YSL is definitely a label that people buy and you know, it’s best to leave when you’re at the peak, rather than when things are not running smoothly. (a case in point – McQueen suicide)

It is best to introduce a new designer when the other one was doing great because costumers are costumers and some don’t even know who’s the person that designs the clothing they are buying. Balmain is such an example, I read an article which stated that even though there were changes at the design team at Balmain buyers were still buying the clothing not because of the designer, but because it was Balmain. So that’s it.
But I really, really apprecited this collection. It was actually the first I really liked from the beginning to the very end.

jasper

stunning and immaculate. BRAVO PILATI!

Anonymous

Agree this one was his best yet. But your theory about quitting while ahead, well, it makes sense… but it doesn’t make sense 😉

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=823115573 Erin Harder

I’m pretty sure Alexander McQueen didn’t commit suicide because he was “at his peak”. I find it a little offensive that you concluded that.

And by “costumers”, you mean “customers”, correct? Very different meanings.

Anonymous

I don’t think he meant to suggest that, I believe he was implying that as McQueen left when he was at his peak, the company was better positioned to survive. Right?